“According to a report by the European Environment Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency, shipping and inland waterway transport together account for as much as 13.5% of greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the European Union. Maritime trade continues to be one of the most significant areas of trade in goods between the Community’s Member States and external countries. The study cited above shows that the maritime route dominates as much as ¾ of all EU trade with third countries. Although the development of this transport segment slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, current forecasts predict rapid growth over the coming decades. The main factor emitting CO2 into the atmosphere is the widespread use of fossil fuels and the carbon-intensive process of burning them, and the EU is increasingly raising the need to seek new legislative solutions to combat global warming.
The European Union is taking steps to gradually replace traditional fuels with renewable substances in the maritime and inland waterway segment. In the special programme FuelEU Maritime, the authorities have set themselves the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in maritime transport by up to 75% by 2050.”
– Excerpt from the article “Green seaports – FuelEU Maritime programme”
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